Usually means: Scale alternating whole and half steps.
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  1. octatonic: Merriam-Webster
  2. octatonic: Wiktionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (octatonic)

▸ adjective:  (music) Containing eight notes.

Similar:
octaval, octadic, octave, tetratonic, hexatonic, heptatonic, decatonic, octavating, pentatonic, octonarian, more...

Opposite:
heptatonic, nonatonic, hexatonic

Phrases:
octatonic scale, more...

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Similar:
octaval, octadic, octave, tetratonic, hexatonic, heptatonic, decatonic, octavating, pentatonic, octonarian, more...

Opposite:
heptatonic, nonatonic, hexatonic

Phrases:
octatonic scale, more...



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